Who could help me to identify this grass? It is just getting ready to bloom, probably about 2 weeks later than usual due to the weather.
Could be several things, difficult to say at this resolution. Try to cut one and put on paper beside a millimeter ruler to get better focus and see the size of the spikelets. Among the most popular species with this appearence I found in Utah, it might be: - Leucopodia (if flowers of only one type on each plant) - Bromus (if spikelets about 15 mm or longer) - Poa (if spikelets 10 mm or less and without awns) - Festuca (short spikelets with awns)
Do you have access to a scanner instead of a camera? A scan would almost assure in-focus close-up photographs of the flowers, instead of the challenge with a camera.
Thank you both for your answer and advice. No, Daniel, I don't have a scanner, but will certainly consider buying one, especially that I would like to have some grasses identified and they are difficult to photograph. Somehow I didn't think a scanner could be used for that. And I will put the spikelets on paper beside a ruler to take more informative photos, Andrey. Looking forward to more help from you in the near future.
For grass identification, I usually parse a spikelet with a pincette and needle to better measure and count individual parts of it, like in this photo:
